Boot and shoe.



W. B. ARNOLD.

BOOT AND SHOE.

APPucATmN FILED JuLv 20. 1914.

1,143,481. Patented June 15, 1915.

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appunti@ mea July ao, 1914. serial no. 851,989.

To all whom z't may concern;

Be it known that YI, WILLIAM B. ARNOLD,

a citizen of the-United States, Aresiding at Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3, showing rm Aof middle sole where the welt extends entirely around the middle sole and is secured thereto by stitches. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional View, showing the welt on the middle sole and a reinforcing canvas, or other material, applied to the welt and to the surface of the middle sole. yFi 6 is a cross-sectional view, showing the mi dle sole applied to the welt, the dotted lines showing i the extension of the middle sole over the welt to be availed' of as desired,- in `connection with the use of metallic or other fastenin` means.

he upper 1, and the insole 2, can be made and united together by any of the well knownor other preferred Ways, and such portion of the boot or shoe is not novel with me.

The sole-shaped pattern, or what I term the middle sole 3, may be made of any desired material. This middle sole forms an important part of my invention and of a boot or shoe. By it I am enabled to secure greater flexibility in the methods employed in the manufacture of the shoe, and greater variety in the various modifications of the exact outline of the insole, the bottom of the last and the outsole that is required in the manufacture of boots and shoes, from time to time, for various reasons well known to those. skilled in the art of manufacturing boots and shoes, such as, for instance, if it is desirable to have the shoe close on the inside ball, and full on the outside ball, or a decided expression of any art of the outsole, it can be accomplished y so shaping the middle sole as to accomplish this result, after the welt is attached to the margin of the middle sole. By properly shaping the middle sole I can have the outsole of the shoe close at any point, or full at any point, and 'secure the various modifications of these two extremes, or any other form that may be desired. This method also produces a shoe where the welt is continued around the heel that is much more desirable than the method at present employed, where the Well goes only to the fore art of the heel, as the welt can becontinue around the heel by attaching it to the middle sole thus completin the shoe, that is` stitched around the hee wlth a single operation. To the edge of the marginal portion of this middle sole 3, I secure a welt strip 4. This welt strip 4 may be attached to the marginal portion of the middle sole by stitches, as shown, or it may `be cemented, the essential point being that the middle sole serves as a pattern by which to modify, as desired, the outlines as fixed by the insole and the bottom of the last, and to carry out Vsuch modilication of the welt in lproper position for attachment to the insole, and for the attachment of the outsole to the welt. itswelt 4 attached in any desired Way, is

` placed in a proper position upon the insole,

and the welt 4 secured to the insole by means of stitches, staples, or any other preferred form of permanent fastenin means. Thereafter, the outsole is secure to the welt in any Well known or preferred way.

While I have shown in the drawings a welt 4 as a single piece of material, it may be, of course, made of two or more superimposed strips, such as leather, for instance, and fabric, and the latter if em loyed, may extend beyond the edge of the eather welt to reinforce the latter. l

The fabric strip in addition to being ex tended beyond the margin of the welt strip 4, may also extend over the whole or any part of the middle as a reinforcement for the middle sole.

.In cases where metal fastenings are employed, for securing the Welt to the insole, the outline of the middle sole may be extended sutlicientlyrto permit the fastenings to pass not only through the welt,but also through the margin of the middle sole itself, in order to give it stren h, and such provisions may be employe for any form of :fastening means, as desired.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without at- The middle sole 3, with tempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes of its use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A boot lor shoe comprising an upper and in-sole, a middle sole, a. welt arranged upon the middle sole and projecting beyond the margin thereof, fastening means connecting said middle sole, Welt and in-sole, an out-sole, and fastening means connecting the latter to the margin of said Welt.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a middle sole and a welt, said Welt being arranged upon and secured to said middle sole and having its outer margin` projecting 15 belyond the outer margin of said middle so e.

3. An article of manufacture comprisin a middle sole, a welt secured to the mai-gina portion thereof, and a fabric reinforce se- 20 cured to said Welt and middle sole.

In testimony whereof, I have aixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM B. ARNOLD. 

